Gollum is the most mysterious and contradictory character in the fantasy adventure "The Lord of the Rings". He got his nickname from a clicking sound he made from time to time with his throat which sounded like "gollum". Such noises could express practically anything: excitement and delight, sadness and fury, and other feelings.
Gollum's life can be divided into several periods, although gathered information is not that reliable. Before the Ring came into his possession, Gollum was a hobbit of the tribe of the Stoors, who lived near the Gladden Fields. His actual name was Smeagol, a translation of his Westron name, which means "burrow-deep". Once Smeagol with his friend Deagol went fishing and they fished the One Ring out of the Anduin. No one suspected its destructive force at that time. But the ring perniciously worked on the hobbit's consciousness and Smeagol even strangled his friend in order to get the Ring. The Ring, possessed much greater powers and influences over the two hobbits, unlike any common copper or tungsten rings would. However he called the Ring his birthday present and said it came from his grandmother, who had lots of beautiful things of that kind..